How Hot Does Your Thunderbird Get? Is 56 C for a 1GHz + FOP 38 normal???

[novon]

I just built this machine, and I ran 3DMark 2000, and right in the middle I had a GPf and a reboot of window 2000, I went into the A7V bios and the Processor was at 56 C, is this too hot? I have a 1ghz thunderbird and a FOP-38 in a Asus A7V, what's the problem? Using that default thermal glue that came with the FOP-38. Thanks!

 

[Viperoni]

it's a TIM
thermal interface material
dump it and get AS...should drop you temps under 51c.
56 is just a tad too hot

 

[jsbush]

Anything over 50C I would say is to hot!

 

[Mikewarrior2]

On an a7v, those readings are not necessarily too high.



Mike

 

[julks]

What you mean with "On an a7v, those readings are not necessarily too high."? Actually I own a A7V Rev. 1.02, and there are no thermal sensor (P2T-Cable), it has a built in sensor, but the AMD Athlon don't have a internal sensor like PIIIs...

Any info is very welcome!


julks

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Hey,

I'm talking moreso about the revision 1.02 boards and later. The A7V has very inaccurate temp readings by nature(see site in sig). To help rectify this, asus has implemented a "compensation" of +8C in newer 1004 and later BIOS' to help better approximate actual CPU core temp.

This approximation, in many instances of A7V temps, can be higher than core temp would be, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Some other mb's don't even have compensation(MSI is one example), and these guys can be up to 10-20C too low in their cpu temp readings. the KT7, with its updated/compensated bios, still reads, at times, 10C too low.

Don't rely on the sensor reading as a solid reading, but use it to get a "relative" temp. IF that relative temp si reasonable, then you're fine.


Mike

 

[novon]

well, I started having heat instability at default speed of 1ghz with FOP-38 and a full case, I know this is not suppose to happen, right?